Example sentences of "thought it [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought it would be useful to lay hands on the original tape — the conversation between Court and the American . ’ |
| 2 | Right I put this together ah very quickly just before you came in , I thought it would be useful to get some feedback on the education the two educational events that have taken place so far , now unfortunately I could n't go to Topping Printing but you were there Ann |
| 3 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 4 | Feeling pleased that I had at least negotiated the day 's essentials , and the afternoon being well advanced , I thought it would be good to have a more leisurely look round Wenceslas Square and find somewhere to eat . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression . |
| 6 | Before I approach BIFU with a view to them taking this up for bank staff ( and others ) in general , I thought it would be good for staff morale and also for our members if we adopted a practice which was , after all , in use in 2,550 BC . |
| 7 | Well I thought it would be good to have a lie in . |
| 8 | He sometimes thought it would be pleasant to lie in bed with his wife on Sunday mornings , now that there were no children to interrupt them , but Donna reckoned they should be through with all that kind of stupidity , so he was resigned to the sporadic consolation of his Métis up north . |
| 9 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |
| 10 | She thought it would be clever for a team to kick ‘ on pointe ’ ( on their toes ) . |
| 11 | Emmie thought it would be impolite to Mrs Sargent to let her see the clothes she had bought looking like that . |
| 12 | Contrary to her firm intention of not breakfasting with Ven , however , since he was standing by the table which was set for two when she again entered the sitting-room , she thought it would be infantile in the extreme to carry on with that intention . |
| 13 | I thought it would be extraterritorial , out of society , forming its own new universe . |
| 14 | She was fine and that gave me the courage to go on , then the unveiling was held up because the trustees thought it would be controversial and it was … |
| 15 | I thought it would be great down there , but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought it would be great — in fact I thought it would be someone to have fun with all the time , ’ remembers Martha . |
| 17 | It was my first job and I thought it would be great , ’ she said . |
| 18 | She knew they could kick well and seeing ballet dancers on pointe , not being a dancer , thought it would be simple to combine the two . |
| 19 | I thought it would be cool : - ) Now EVERYONE can have one … steal my thunder a bit , I think the away top with HUMPHRIES on the back will be cool for work : - ) |
| 20 | I thought it would be beneficial for him . |
| 21 | said at a press conference in May that he had some misgivings about a formal sentence bargain , but thought it would be possible to devise a procedure which would be acceptable . |
| 22 | He probably thought it would be short-lived . |
| 23 | If you thought it would be helpful , we could meet with Alan Squair and Roger Strachan to discuss any outstanding issues . |
| 24 | I knew his death would be a release , but I thought it would be terrible , that I would suffer . |
| 25 | Hugh was nearest to her , and if she arranged to be on the side of his wounded arm she thought it would be easy to get away . |
| 26 | No-one ever thought it would be easy to achieve equality for lesbians and gays . |
| 27 | Erm , cos cos three , stating three things , are n't there , and I thought it would be easy |
| 28 | In so far as they did see a coming energy source they thought it would be atomic energy , and they wrote the treaty that 's called the Euratom Treaty to cover this , but it did n't cover oil , and that is perhaps why it 's been a much less contentious subject . |
| 29 | Senator Paddy McGowan thought it would be stupid of the VEC to get involved in ‘ this circus ’ which would be used by platform jumpers ‘ from hell to Connaught ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ They thought it would be hypocritical to marry in church , but felt a register office wedding on its own would be a bit bleak . ’ |